Show BLACK HAND LETTER I WRITER GOES TO JAIL M Bombards Salvation Army Anny With Tin Cans and Almost Hits Giant Policeman While attempting to bombard the Hie Sal Salvation Salvation Salvation Army with tin cans last night at Second South and State streets as the little band was marching to its place of ot worship Fred Silver aged 25 who professed to be a disciple of Emma Goldman Galdman just grazed the tine helmet of Edward McCormack the tallest an and J most powerful policeman on the Salt Lake force McCormack seized Silver and brought him to police pollee headquarters In addition to being an exponent of Emma Goldmans most radical teachings teach teachings ings Silver SlIver operates on a Black Hand angle and believes in sending out anonymous letters bearing the stamp of skull and cross bones His latest endeavor en eavor was directed toward Influencing InfluencIng influencing ing Francis V FitzGerald a local sport sportIng sportIng Ing Ina writer into handling prize ring I criticisms from fram his own views He Ha wrote caustic letters to FitzGerald and I told him that if he would not give a certain ring star the worst of it hi to his columns he would be waited on by a band of Black Hand operators Later he plastered the home of the sporting writer with cards bearing the sign of skull and cross bones and the Black Hand He is also accused of having sent Black Hand letters to certain certain certain tain clergymen and Chief of Detectives George Sheets has on frequent occa occasions occasions occasions traced them to Silver Why in the world do you rou want to be beso beso I Iso so foolish as to send out Black Hand I literature asked Chief Sheets last night as Silver was brought before before him Dont you know that some one will get good and sore one of ot these days and beat your head offIt offIt off offIt It is purely a matter of business answered Silver It may be a peculiar way of doing business but I have been successful in wielding a certain amount of Influence by sending letters that have the skull and cross bone bane mark It Itis Itis Itis is much more powerful than the ordinary ordinary ordinary nary signature It shoots the high highJinks highjinks Jinks finks into peoples necks and makes them think In reply to questions regarding his motive in throwing tin cans at the Sal Salvation Salvation army rm Silver Sliver said that it solely concerned himself Before becoming an anEmma anEmma anEmma Emma Goldman Galdman convert Silver be belonged belonged belonged longed to the Salvation Army Arm |